The news agencies are reporting that a Siberia born artist Galina Rusanova has allegedly attacked the crew members in a flight from Maine to UK while being drunk. Galina Rusanova is a Russian painter who is currently based in Great Britain.

With many local and national governments currently debating proposals to raise alcohol taxes, a timely new study published online today in the February edition of Addiction journal finds that the more alcoholic beverages cost, the less likely people are to drink.

New North Carolina State University research shows that tequila's surge in popularity over the past 15 years has been a boon for industry, but is triggering a significant hangover of social and environmental problems in the region of Mexico where the once-notorious liquor is produced.

UK's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs says alcohol related laws should ban alcohol advertisements on television between 6pm and 9pm and that alcohol making companies should post warnings on alcohol ads as measures to deal with binge drinking. The problem is particularly bigger with the teen drinking. The council calls to link taxes and prices to the strength of alcohol drinks.

The more alcohol an individual drinks, the smaller his or her total brain volume, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

It may seem like a minor point, but it matters when someone takes their first drink of alcohol relative to later development of alcohol problems.

ICAP study pioneers new concept of 'extreme drinking,' offering insight into complex global drinking patterns among young people

Mothers, take note. If you really want to curb your teens' chances of using alcohol, help them develop a self-view that doesn't include drinking. According to a new Iowa State University study, the power of positive thinking by moms may limit their children's alcohol use.
But beware. The opposite is also true.

A new study by researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, shows that pregnant women who binge drink early in their pregnancy increase the likelihood that their babies will be born with oral clefts.

Scientific evidence has long suggested that moderate drinking offers some protection against heart disease, certain types of stroke and some forms of cancer.

Probably this is a right decision by Moscow authorities as if Russia wings the semifinal soccer game against Spain in Euro 2008 Thursday match you can imagine the joy on the streets, but if Russia loses the game, you can imagine the chaos on the streets.

People are being urged to think before they drink as part of a research project aimed at changing people's binge drinking habits.